XL97: How to Use the Internet Assistant Wizard

 Last reviewed: March 13, 1998
Article ID: Q158079
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
  • Microsoft Office 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

The Internet Assistant Wizard is not new to Microsoft Excel, but it has changed significantly since it was released as a free add-in available on the Microsoft World Wide Web site in January 1996. The Internet Assistant Wizard is now an installable component of Microsoft Office and/or Microsoft Excel and has been enhanced to take advantage of the new Internet features of Microsoft Office, Microsoft FrontPage and Microsoft Internet Explorer.

With the Internet Assistant Wizard, you can leverage existing Microsoft Excel spreadsheet data to create and distribute documents that can be viewed online with popular browsers. By clicking a series of buttons in the wizard, you can convert spreadsheet data to HTML format either as a separate Web document or into an existing Web document.

MORE INFORMATION

The new features of the Internet Assistant Wizard are listed here:

  • Integration of the HTML 3.0 standard.
  • Support for Microsoft Excel specific tags
  • Support for export of new Microsoft Excel 97 features, such as merged cells
  • Chart export
  • Integration of FrontPage support

Starting the Internet Assistant Wizard

To access the Internet Assistant Wizard in Microsoft Excel 97, click "Save as HTML" on the File menu. If you do not see "Save as HTML" on the File menu, then this component of Microsoft Office and/or Microsoft Excel is not installed. To install the Internet Assistant Wizard, do the following:

  1. Close all Microsoft Office programs.

  2. Run the Microsoft Office Setup program.

  3. In the dialog box that displays the "Add/Remove", "Reinstall", and "Remove All" buttons, click "Add/Remove."

  4. In the Maintenance dialog box, select the "Web Page Authoring (HTML)" check box and then click Continue.

This selection installs all of the Microsoft Office components that you need to create Internet and intranet web documents and forms.

  1. After the Office Setup program completes, start Microsoft Excel.

NOTE: The "Web Page Authoring (HTML)" component of Microsoft Office is not installed when you choose the Typical option in the Microsoft Office setup program.

After you click "Save as HTML" on the File menu, the "Internet Assistant Wizard - Step 1 of 4" dialog box appears.

Using the Internet Assistant Wizard

Step 1

Specify which ranges and charts in your workbook you want to include in your HTML document. You can also rearrange these items to specify the order in which they will appear in your HTML document.

If you want to include a range of cells that do not appear in the "Ranges and charts to convert:" list box, click Add, select the desired range, and then click OK in the dialog box that contains the range reference you just selected.

Step 2

Specify whether you want to create an independent, ready-to-use HTML document or if you want to insert your workbook data and charts into an existing HTML document.

Step 3

If you chose to create a new HTML document, Step 3 of the wizard provides the following optional items that you can include in your HTML document: 

   Title
   Header
   Description below header
   Insert a horizontal line before workbook data (check box option)
   Insert a horizontal line after workbook data (check box option)
   Last update date
   By
   Email
If you chose to insert your workbook data and chart(s) into an existing HTML document in Step 2, you will be reminded to insert the following string into your existing HTML document: 

   <!--##Table##-->
You can also specify the path to the existing document (or browse to locate the file) and whether or not you want to open the document directly or to open it from your FrontPage Web.

NOTE: You must have FrontPage installed on your computer in order to use the option to open it from a FrontPage Web.

Step 4

Specify the Code Page format for your document (for example: US/Western European), whether you want to save your HTML document as a separate HTML file or as a file in your FrontPage Web. In this step, you also specify the path to the file.

NOTE: You must have FrontPage installed on your computer in order to use the option to save it to a FrontPage Web.

Click Finish to save your HTML document with your Microsoft Excel data and charts.

REFERENCES

For more information about the Internet Assistant Wizard, click the Index tab in Microsoft Excel 97 Help, type the following text 

   internet
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Add worksheet data or a chart to a Web page" topic.

Additional query words: XL97 8.00 www htm front page html.xla
Keywords : xladdins xlui xlweb kbtool kbualink97 kbfaq
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: March 13, 1998
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